Lauren Oliver, Delirium

Quotes

• “Are you sure that being like everybody else will make you happy?""I don't know any other way.""Let me show you."And then...”
• “Most of us won't see one another after graduation, and even if we do it will be different. We'll be different. We'll be ...”
• “Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge. That's what it is: an edge; a razor. It dra...”
• “And now I know why they invented words for love, why they had to: It's the only thing that can come close to describing ...”
• “It's so strange how life works: You want something and you wait and wait and feel like it's taking forever to come. Then...”
• “I told you,"he whispers back. I can feel his breath just tickling the space behind my ear, making my hair prick up on my...”
• “This is what I want. This is the only thing I've ever wanted. Everything else—every single second of every single day th...”
• “I know that the whole point—the only point—is tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, an...”
• “Now I'd rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years smothered by a lie.”
• “I guess that’s just part of loving people: You have to give things up. Sometimes you even have to give them up.”
• “I'd rather die on my own terms than live on theirs. I'd rather die loving Alex than live without him.”
• “Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.”
• “He is my world and my world is him and without him there is no world.”
• “Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.”
• “You can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes".”
• “I love you. Remember. They cannot take it”
• “Love: It will kill you and save you, both”
• “I'd rather die my way than live yours.”